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La passione non è finita
"Lavorate tutti, casa per casa, azienda per azienda, strada per strada, dialogando con i cittadini, con la fiducia per le battaglie che abbiamo fatto, per le proposte che presentiamo, per quello che siamo stati insieme..." Sono queste le parole con cui Enrico Berlinguer conclude, malgrado le pessime condizioni di salute, il comizio del 7 giugno 1984 a Padova. È il suo ultimo appassionato discorso: un messaggio di speranza e di incoraggiamento con cui si consegna alla storia del nostro paese. "La passione non è finita" raccoglie una scelta dei suoi scritti, delle sue interviste, dei suoi discorsi più significativi: dall'invito a un'austerità che crei giustizia sociale, efficienza, sviluppo, alla proposta di "compromesso storico" tra la Dc e il Pci, alla denuncia della "questione morale", alle riflessioni sul rinnovamento della politica e sui grandi temi globali della pace, della cooperazione e dell'ambiente. In tutti gli interventi emerge un uomo dalla inesauribile passione per il suo lavoro, apprezzato per le qualità umane e politiche, ma anche per il proprio rigore intellettuale e morale.
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174 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Enrico Berlinguer
39 books4 followersEnrico Berlinguer (Italian: [enˈriːko berliŋˈɡwɛr]; 25 May 1922 – 11 June 1984) was an Italian politician.
Considered the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano or PCI), which he led as the national secretary from 1972 until his death during a tense period in Italy's history, marked by the Years of lead and social conflicts such as the Hot Autumn of 1969–1970. He distanced the party from the influence of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and pursued a moderate line, repositioning the party within Italian politics and advocating accommodation and national unity. This strategy came to be termed Eurocommunism and he was seen as its main spokesperson. It would come to be adopted by Western Europe's other significant communist parties, in Spain and later France, its significance as a political force cemented by a 1977 meeting in Madrid between Berlinguer, Georges Marchais and Santiago Carrillo Berlinguer himself described his alternative model of socialism, distinct from both the Soviet bloc and the capitalism practiced by Western countries during the Cold War, as the terza via or "third way", although his usage of the term has no relation to the more centrist Third Way practiced by subsequent Prime Ministers Romano Prodi and Matteo Renzi.
Under Berlinguer, the PCI reached the height of its success, winning significant victories in the regional and local elections of 1975 and 34% of the vote in the 1976 general election, its highest share of the vote and number of seats. With these gains, he negotiated the Historic Compromise with the Christian Democrats, lending support to their government in exchange for consultation on policy decisions and social reforms. He took a firm stand against terrorism after the mysterios kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro in 1978 and used the PCI's influence to steer Italian labour unions towards moderating wage demands to cope with the country's severe inflation rate after the 1973 oil crisis. However, these stands were not reciprocated with sufficient concessions from Giulio Andreotti's government, leading the PCI to leave the coalition in 1979. The combination of austerity advocacy, hard line against the Red Brigades and attempts at an accommodation with the DC affected the PCI's vote at the 1979 election and the Compromise was ultimately ended in 1980. The PCI remained in national opposition for the rest of Berlinguer's tenure, retaining a solid core of support at the 1979 and 1983 elections, but its main strength from that point would remain at the regional and local level. Finally, despite notably successful Communist local governments, Berlinguer's efforts failed to bring the PCI into government. Berlinguer's final platform, the "democratic alternative", was never realised. Within a decade of his death, the Soviet Union, the Christian Democrats and the PCI all disappeared, transforming Italian politics beyond recognition.
Berlinguer had an austere and modest but charismatic personality and despite the difficulties that confronted the PCI during the historic compromise, he remained a popular politician, respected for his principles, conviction and bold stands. He characterised the PCI as an honest party in Italy's corruption-ravaged politics, an image that preserved the party's reputation during the Mani pulite corruption scandals. He was characterised by Patrick McCarthy as "the last great communist leader in Western Europe" and remains identified with the causes of Eurocommunism, opposition to Soviet repression in Eastern Europe and democratic change in Italy.
Considered the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano or PCI), which he led as the national secretary from 1972 until his death during a tense period in Italy's history, marked by the Years of lead and social conflicts such as the Hot Autumn of 1969–1970. He distanced the party from the influence of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and pursued a moderate line, repositioning the party within Italian politics and advocating accommodation and national unity. This strategy came to be termed Eurocommunism and he was seen as its main spokesperson. It would come to be adopted by Western Europe's other significant communist parties, in Spain and later France, its significance as a political force cemented by a 1977 meeting in Madrid between Berlinguer, Georges Marchais and Santiago Carrillo Berlinguer himself described his alternative model of socialism, distinct from both the Soviet bloc and the capitalism practiced by Western countries during the Cold War, as the terza via or "third way", although his usage of the term has no relation to the more centrist Third Way practiced by subsequent Prime Ministers Romano Prodi and Matteo Renzi.
Under Berlinguer, the PCI reached the height of its success, winning significant victories in the regional and local elections of 1975 and 34% of the vote in the 1976 general election, its highest share of the vote and number of seats. With these gains, he negotiated the Historic Compromise with the Christian Democrats, lending support to their government in exchange for consultation on policy decisions and social reforms. He took a firm stand against terrorism after the mysterios kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro in 1978 and used the PCI's influence to steer Italian labour unions towards moderating wage demands to cope with the country's severe inflation rate after the 1973 oil crisis. However, these stands were not reciprocated with sufficient concessions from Giulio Andreotti's government, leading the PCI to leave the coalition in 1979. The combination of austerity advocacy, hard line against the Red Brigades and attempts at an accommodation with the DC affected the PCI's vote at the 1979 election and the Compromise was ultimately ended in 1980. The PCI remained in national opposition for the rest of Berlinguer's tenure, retaining a solid core of support at the 1979 and 1983 elections, but its main strength from that point would remain at the regional and local level. Finally, despite notably successful Communist local governments, Berlinguer's efforts failed to bring the PCI into government. Berlinguer's final platform, the "democratic alternative", was never realised. Within a decade of his death, the Soviet Union, the Christian Democrats and the PCI all disappeared, transforming Italian politics beyond recognition.
Berlinguer had an austere and modest but charismatic personality and despite the difficulties that confronted the PCI during the historic compromise, he remained a popular politician, respected for his principles, conviction and bold stands. He characterised the PCI as an honest party in Italy's corruption-ravaged politics, an image that preserved the party's reputation during the Mani pulite corruption scandals. He was characterised by Patrick McCarthy as "the last great communist leader in Western Europe" and remains identified with the causes of Eurocommunism, opposition to Soviet repression in Eastern Europe and democratic change in Italy.
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July 23, 2022
Raccolta di discorsi e interviste a Berlinguer. Il linguaggio risente della sua epoca, ma il discorso politico ha una profondità, un’attenzione agli aspetti storici e sociali, una ricchezza nella riflessione sugli ideali che mi fa comprendere quanto sia decaduta ai nostri tempi la politica, fatta di slogan messi in fila e di propaganda.
Al di là della riflessione sull’ideologia, i temi affrontati nel discorso politico sono poi modernissimi: dalla questione morale al concetto di austerità, tornato in auge nell’ultimo decennio, dalla solidarietà tra il nord e il sud del mondo alla difesa dell’ecologia, dalla prefigurazione di una sorta di “green economy” ante litteram, fino alla”democrazia elettronica” dell’ultima intervista della raccolta.
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Al di là della riflessione sull’ideologia, i temi affrontati nel discorso politico sono poi modernissimi: dalla questione morale al concetto di austerità, tornato in auge nell’ultimo decennio, dalla solidarietà tra il nord e il sud del mondo alla difesa dell’ecologia, dalla prefigurazione di una sorta di “green economy” ante litteram, fino alla”democrazia elettronica” dell’ultima intervista della raccolta.
Recensione sintetica: ok
June 11, 2013
"Qualcuno era comunista,
perché Berlinguer era una brava persona".
perché Berlinguer era una brava persona".
June 29, 2014
Illuminante
August 30, 2020
Ottimo modo per approfondire i pensieri di uno dei più grandi uomini politici (e non solo) del Novecento.
November 30, 2023
Essenziale per avere un’idea dei problemi del mondo di ieri come di oggi, sempre e comunque a patto che la passione non sia finita!
February 5, 2025
Organizzazione dei testi ottima, per aree tematiche attuali e interessanti. Ovviamente Berlinguer fantastico.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews